The Rebuilding of Motivation's GSX!

[Motivation]

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[swolejamaica]

^^ This shit dont matter its in a new owners hands let it be. This thread is about his build not about who had it longer or who kept it cleaner.

[Motivation]

^^^ I agree, but, the new member is the one that told me to check out what he said.

But, like I said, Michael is doing an amazing job with this car. I, along with a lot of other people, are glad to see him have it and definitely give him props for bringing it back to life.

[ScrapMetalDSM]

Eh its all good. Gives me motivation (haha, see what I did thur?) to clean this car up and get her on the road!

As for its condition. Let me say that for sitting outside unwashed for 8+ months while being parted out. It still looks damn good in my opinion.Just needs a wash and wax thats all. As for the wheels - they are better than the steelies that were on it when I first looked at it. A fresh coat of paint on 'em and they'll look good as new. Or Ill put on my Borbet's. havent decided yet. Im not complaiing. You cant expect a fresh washed and waxed shell with perfect wheels

[Brian*]

To much work for me, good luck!

[ScrapMetalDSM]

Okay, So I got the engine in the gold car and mounted! Now just to put the axles in, and hook everything up, and wait for my new clutch line and slave cylinder I ordered to arrive. I tell ya - that rear mount is a Bitch! Also yesterday, I didnt like the look of the main power wire from the battery. The one with 3 fuses on it. So I cut it off and wired in mine from the red car. I STILL have to wire in the coolant temp sensor plugs. Also waiting on the tach adapter from DSMChips.com so I can use my tach with a 91 ECU

Not gonna happen on my car.


Much better.


Going in...


And its in!

[georgieboi]

swaps are fun

[08turb@x]

damn some real good progress goodjob buddy
keep it up

[2turbo4u]

Good job with the swap, keep this dsm alive , make me miss my old one.

[88NaCivic]

DAMN doin Work... hell yeah get it back on the road!

[DUBSf22c]

that car looks like a nightmare!

[ScrapMetalDSM]

And why does it look like a nightmare? A little more wiring work than I thought, but thats just because I'm anal and everything has to be perfect

[Franco Tirador]

nice progress

[ScrapMetalDSM]

Damn its cold ou there today! I could only get so much done before my hands went numb and was unable to wrench, so Im back inside thawing out. Fixed the throttle cable issue... It was wrapped around the bar on the pedal assembly. Doh! Got everything connected in the engine bay minus the thermostat plugs which I still have to wire in. I also noticed that 2 or 3 of the fuel injector plugs are broken, so I will have to wire in my plugs from the red car as well. Joy! I was hoping to put the axles in today, but I kept finding other stuff to do and pushing that off. Also, I got sick and tired of blowing coolant caps on the thermostat housing since I am not running coolant to the throttle body or the turbo. So I looped a high pressure hose hoping to alleviate that problem.

Not much visually has changed but here's a pic since people seem to like them!


The messiness of the wires by the intake manifold will be cleaned up/taped up.

[Alan®]

ahhh dsm's i miss mine. good work so far man keep it up

[Drummerboy]

I wish i had the time/balls to play with something like this. I need to get some tips on wiring from you, lol. Do you have one of those drill adapter things that braids the wires?

[ScrapMetalDSM]

No I dont. But you dont need an adapter to do it. just stick the ends of the wire in a vice, and the other end to the drill. Pull tight and turn on the drill. However I didnt braid the line that you saw, it came braided. I just zip tied everything together neatly and what not to make it look good. But if you have any Q's about wiring, just PM me and I'll help ya with what I can

[ScrapMetalDSM]

Engine bay is finished! Ready to start up but I need to swap oil filter housings and then fill everything with fluid. Intercooler is also mounted.

To Do List Now:
OFH swap
Install Wideband
Driveshaft/xfercase install
Brake swap from red car to gold car
Trim front bumper support to fit the intercooler
Rear End swap
New Tires

Sorry for the dark pictures but the sun is going down and my house faces East.

[boosted b]

looks good

[DeeAOne]

good luck on the build. this car was a blast when it was running.

[ScrapMetalDSM]

Ya know. I was really hoping the car would start today. I got it to turn over, but thats as far as I got. Its throwing a Coolant temp sensor circuit malfunction code, which is because the coolant temp sensors arent plugged in. Well one of them is. The other are missing plugs and I dont know what wire goes to which sensor. Bah! I'm guessing that coolant temp circuit malfunction is why the car isnt starting. Damnit its the small crap that'll keep ya down!

[ScrapMetalDSM]

She runs and drives now! still got some major tuning to do with DSMLink, but shes running pretty well on a no tune. Just have to adjust some shit so it stops stalling when I let off the gas. Damn vented BOV.

[08turb@x]

Engine bay is finished! Ready to start up but I need to swap oil filter housings and then fill everything with fluid. Intercooler is also mounted.

To Do List Now:
OFH swap
Install Wideband
Driveshaft/xfercase install
Brake swap from red car to gold car
Trim front bumper support to fit the intercooler
Rear End swap
New Tires

Sorry for the dark pictures but the sun is going down and my house faces East.

nice update looks great better than before

lovin the back door intercooler much cleaner look after bumper goes on imo!!!

[ScrapMetalDSM]

Washed the car (It REALLY needed it) and put on new shoes I had sitting in the basement for years.
Besides brakes and the 4 bolt rear swap, it is DONE! D-O-N-E!!



Wheel Gap has been improved because that pic was taken right after the wheel swap before it was driven.

[Motivation]

Definitely glad to see this... Props, Michael!